Gem Cutting Tutorial - Faceting a Rare Padparadscha Sapphire

Sapphires come in more colors than just blue -- the beautiful variety known as Padparadscha is the color of an exquisite lotus blossom or vibrant sunset. Watch Michael cut one with the Ultra Tec V5 into a Portuguese design that really brings out this tiny stone's magnificent color!
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[@JLew-ch8yu]

Such detail work in the faceting process. Thank for giving me an idea of it.

[@mikesackos2208]

You are welcome.

[@pedraspreciosasdosul]

Essa pedra preciosa é fascinante.😍😍Seu vídeo foi muito bom.👍👍👏👏🙏

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

Thank you very much.

[@johncrumpley8702]

Nice video, Mike. The Portuguese cut on that small stone was very impressive. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

Thanks John. It's Bopie's favorite cut, so I end up cutting it often.

[@LapidandoPedraseGemas]

Thanks .

[@mikesackos2208]

You are welcome!

[@andykalin6526]

Your voice is soothing and sounds almost exactly like Jeff Bridges

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

Thank you very much. No one has told me that before.

[@tennpikr74]

Wow , i like all the info you put in mike about the gem materials you cut, a lot of work too. The stone came out great, that is very hard to cut at that size. The video quality is excellent.

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

Thanks Brent. Yes, I avoided small stones for a very long time. But a wiser and better cutter than I am told me that I should cut a few small stones, just to gain the experience. He was right.

[@kreb6083]

Aweeeee...lotus....

[@mikesackos2208]

Thanks.

[@douglassutherland2158]

Do you have a separate Batt lap for every diamond gage, ie. 3,000, 8,000 14,000 and 60,000 or can they be cleaned and diamond polishing gages changed as you go? Doug

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

I know am awesome gem cutter who uses one batt lap and cleans it for other grits with no problems. Also, you can use both sides of a Batt Lap so you could use 2 laps for 4 grits. Yes, in my case I use one Batt for each of the grits you mention. In my case I only use one side.

[@xx-vk5ol]

Another amazing video. By far the best on the internet. I can really feel the passion you have through your content. Stay safe my friend.

[@BOPIESDiamondsFineJewelry]

Thank you very much!

[@tonimahoni2607]

When you earn thousands of dollars but your channel intro is a 1$ budget quality.

[@mikesackos2208]

Thanks Toni! If you have some recommendations for improving our channel intro, I'm all ears!

[@paulchristou9065]

background music is a very big distraction Mike

[@mikesackos2208]

Thanks Paul. Is the background issue resolved in my more recent videos?

[@paulchristou9065]

@@mikesackos2208 Yes it is. You have a great voice and you explain all in detail, that sounds much better than any background music 👍

[@nuhaqutob5117]

The music is very noizy

[@mikesackos2208]

Thanks for the feedback...this video was made a while ago. Please watch a newer video and let me know if the changes I made to the background music are an improvement or not. Thanks again!

[@paulchristou9065]

I agree totally

[@mikesackos2208]

@@paulchristou9065 Thanks for the feedback...I hope that I fixed the music problem in my more recent videos.